{"id":8021,"date":"2026-07-07T00:09:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T00:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/why-whoopi-goldberg-was-absent-from-the-view-today\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T00:09:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T00:09:57","slug":"why-whoopi-goldberg-was-absent-from-the-view-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/why-whoopi-goldberg-was-absent-from-the-view-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Whoopi Goldberg was absent from &#8216;The View&#8217; today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F07%2F133545587.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>From \u201cHot Topics\u201d to hot lava.<\/p>\n<p>Whoopi Goldberg revealed she was absent from \u201cThe View\u201d Monday because she was stranded in Italy due to an active volcano erupting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in Sicily right now, and Mount Etna, who is one of our active volcanoes here in Italy, decided to go off today,\u201d the TV personality<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_rOQb9P2da8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> shared in a pre-recorded video<\/a> played during the talk show\u2019s July 6 episode.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have spent most of the day trying to get back to the United States and all of the airports are closed here,\u201d she added. \u201cSo I will be back as soon as I can.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Whoopi Goldberg (seen here) was absent from \u201cThe View\u201d Monday due to Mount Etna, an active volcano, erupting, resulting in her flight home from Italy being canceled. <span class=\"credit\">ABC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The EGOT winner\u2019s pre-recorded video was played during the June 6 broadcast of the talk show. <span class=\"credit\">ABC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Goldberg, 70, quipped that while everyone has \u201call kinds of stories about\u201d their vacations, hers \u201ctakes the cake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA volcano ate my homework!\u201d she joked.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ingv.it\/etna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to Italy\u2019s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology<\/a>, Etna, the largest volcano in Europe, began an eruptive cycle on June 26.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI am in Sicily right now, and Mount Etna, who is one of our active volcanoes here in Italy, decided to go off today,\u201d she said. (Seen here: Goldberg on June 2). <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cWe have spent most of the day trying to get back to the United States and all of the airports are closed here,\u201d Goldberg added. (Seen above: Goldberg, Sara Haines, Kerry Washington, Whitney White, Kara Young, Danielle Pinnock, and Sunny Hostin on the June 25 episode of \u201cThe View.\u201d) <span class=\"credit\">ABC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An increase in lava flow was documented on July 5, resulting in flight cancellations.<\/p>\n<p>Goldberg was absent along with her co-stars Ana Navarro, who was stuck in Florida due to the weather, and\u00a0Sara Haines, 48, who was dealing with unspecified storm damage.<\/p>\n<p>Navarro, 54, took to Instagram to announce her absence on Sunday, telling fans, \u201cI\u2019m sorry I won\u2019t be there tomorrow. I\u2019m sure the other ladies will have great, insightful things to say. Take a little time to enjoy\u00a0\u2018The View\u2019<em>\u00a0<\/em>without me.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The comedian (photographed above on June 8) reassured viewers she would be back as soon as possible. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Tribeca Festival<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ana Navarro and\u00a0Sara Haines were also absent from Monday\u2019s show.  (Seen above L-R: Joy Behar, Haines, Goldberg, RuPaul, Alyssa Farah, and Sunny Hostin). <span class=\"credit\">ABC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The trio\u2019s absence led the show producers to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/01\/entertainment\/why-joy-behar-is-absent-from-the-view\/\">call in co-host Joy Behar<\/a>, who is normally not on Monday episodes and is <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/01\/entertainment\/why-joy-behar-is-absent-from-the-view\/\">fresh off a hiatus of her own<\/a>, to appear on the broadcast with\u00a0Alyssa Farah Griffin, 37, and Sunny Hostin, 57.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you may be asking, \u2018Why am I here on a Monday?\u2019 I asked myself the same question,\u201d Behar, 83, told viewers on the daytime show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut [producer]\u00a0Brian\u00a0[Teta] begged me to come in \u2014 on his knees, where he belongs,\u201d she said. \u201cWhy? Because we are down three co-hosts today.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Behar, who is not usually present for Monday episodes, stepped in for her fellow co-hosts. <span class=\"credit\">ABC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The TV personality joked that Goldberg was \u201cusing the old volcano excuse.\u201d (Seen here: Behar, Michelle Buteau, Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin on the July 6 episode of \u201cThe View\u201d). <span class=\"credit\">ABC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Behar jokingly added that Goldberg was \u201cusing the old volcano excuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comedian also poked fun at Navarro\u2019s absence, she quipped that it\u2019s \u201calways hot\u201d in Miami, adding, \u201cWhat\u2019s the problem?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for Haines, Behar asked the audience if any of them were dealing with storm damage and, when seemingly no one raised their hand or responded, she quipped, \u201cNo, just Sara.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/07\/06\/entertainment\/why-whoopi-goldberg-was-absent-from-the-view-today\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From \u201cHot Topics\u201d to hot lava. 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